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VS Services LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

North Kansas City, Missouri · General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · NAICS 484121

1inspections
4citation items
$4,000current penalties
Oct 27, 2021last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited VS Services LLC in Missouri one time.

It opened on Oct 27, 2021 on a referral, in North Kansas City.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $9,945; today they stand at $4,000, 60% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.178 (forklifts and other powered industrial trucks), 2 times.

Among transportation and warehousing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,408 penalty. VS Services LLC averages $4,000 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

VS Services LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345603187 OPENED OCT 27, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Aug 31, 2022

1245 Ozark Street, North Kansas City, MO 64116 · General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 22, 2021: Employee fractures leg when struck by pallet

At 10:00 a.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee was unloading a freight truck and was trying to adjust a pallet when the entire pallet fell on top of him. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured leg.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$3,315$2,000Apr 4, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$3,315$0Apr 4, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$3,315$2,000Apr 4, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 4, 2022Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Oct 22, 2021, North Kansas City: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified

An employee was unloading a truck. While adjusting a pallet weighing approximately 700-800 pounds, the entire pallet fell on top of him, resulting in bleeding and a broken leg.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii)

(ii) Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.

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